Oxford High School - Ravelins Yearbook (Oxford, MA)

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THE RAVELINS 1938 25 teachers came th1s year Mlss Murlel Mann1ng to replace Mlss Mlrlam Mannmg and Mr Shap py to take the place of Mr R1chardson who re s1gned to accept a hlghly pald posltxon at B lle v1lle New Jersey Hlgh School Try outs for the fall play were held at O H S Wlth the followmg SGHIOTS Wlnfllflg out wlth parts Everett Perry Warren Chaffee Russell Proctor Evy Carlson S atla Sh1v1ck Mary Barnes and Wllbur Rlch The play entltled Bashful Bobby was presen ed on Novemb 1 10 and was a great success On March 1 1938 the Jumors 1nv1ted us to thelr prom and we d1d have a lovely t1me We thank you Junlors from the bottom of our hearts Gradually we began to reallze that our stay 1n Oxford Hlgh would soon be over and we began to make plans for graduatlon We held several class meetlngs and voted to have Mr Bushong for our photographer You should have seen us pose when we went to h1S studlo Capta1n Warren Chaffee was once more the only boy 1n our class to re elve a letter for basketball The glrls 1n our clas who recelved letters for basketball were Statla Sh1v ck El s1e Bellows Vlrglnla Davls and Captaln Mar 1n coach1ng the glrls as did Mr O Connor 1n coach1ng the boys team The boys representlnd us ln baseball were Captam Warren Chaffee and VV1ll1am Kxlborn W1th the tlreless effort exerted by thelr coach Mr McGovern the boys played many success ful games May 12 was the da e set for our play The Marlenburg Necklace a mystery plav d ep and d1re not w1thout 1ts llghter spots The cast lncluded MarJor1e Barlow Mary Barnes Don ald Mahoney Wllbur R1Ch Russell Proctor Everett Perry Evy Carlson Kathryn Lane Nell1e Whlte M lvlna RIHZI IS and Elsle B l lows Mxss Mur1el Mannmg was coach for th1s play and we owe her our gra 1tude for the flne work she performed Durmg our semor year the follawmg officers were elected ID the Commerclal Club presl dent V1rg1n1a Davls V1 epres1dent Mary Barne and secretary Martha G1onet M1s Klnmery was our advlser and trea urer The Commerclal Club enjoyed a very happy and prosperous year wlth 1tS many gay and del1ght ful tea dances The membershlp has almost doubled The Static Staff for 1938 was very efflclent The Press Club had two semor officers namely the presldent Warren Chaffee and the secre tary Statla Sh1v1ck The work accompllshed by the staff and the Press Club members was unquestlonably satxsfactory Wllbur Rlch was edltor of Statlc whlch grew up 1nto regular newspaper form On Decemb r 23 the first mlmeographed magaz1ne 1n the hlstory of O H S was publlshed It contalned seventy three pages Wxlbur recexved many complx ments on the excellence of th1s lssue Donald Mahoney Wllllam Kllborn Gordon Chaffee and Jack Lebo ran for cross country th1s year Donald Mahoney was co captaln W1th Robert Desmarls We can assure you that the boys d1d thelr best Towards the end of the school term our class held many mformal meetlngs to make further plans for graduatlon We dec1ded to have Success No Less for our class motto and to have a new book form of dlploma for our graduatlon The yearbook s aff was announced as fol Edltors Edward Morrls Wllllam Kllborn Clara Snyder Jack Lebo and Elxzabeth Pa1ge Photograph Edxtors Nell1e Whlte and Malvina R1nzxt1s School Calendar Florlna Gendron and Luc1lle Lapan Bus1ness Managers Joseph Mamvxlle and Norma Ball Advertlsmg Mana gers V1rg1n1a Davxs S atla Sh.lV1Ck and War ren Chaffee Sport Edltors John Faubert Bernard Ray Rlchard Ellls and Edward Guer tm The typ1StS were Mary Barnes Florlna Gendron Clara Snyder Luc1lle Lapan Evy Carlson and M rjorle Barlow On May 19 our class voted to have our Sen1or Hop on June 13 rather than on the day after graduat1on as has been the custom We thmk th1s change wlll help us keep awake on the day of the class p1cn1c We expect to graduate on Wednesday June 22 1938 and must turn to face the futule Our school llfe IS ended but happy memor1es wlll remaln Our tasks wlll be d1fficult but we shall reach our goal as set by our motto Success No Less 7 , .. . . . . O, I - ' . . r . ' . . . C I ,,' . ,, , a . - l , I . - . . A . l l 7 - , . f Y Y 7 Y U 7 ' . . . . ,, , ,, . . ac as Q 4 Q . D . - . .. , 1 - - , . y . . . . . ' 5 Y Y 7 y ' ' . . S p I . . ' n ' 66 37 . V 7 1 . 3 - : 4 , - . 2 ' I Q ' tha Glonet. Mlss Gaha an d1d an excellent ob lows: Edltor ln Chlef Wilbur Rlchg Wrlte-u , 7 ' ' 9 y . , . . . , - . g : : D . . 3 , , . : n y - 1 - , ' . . . . L . . . . . , 1 ' , L CK ' , . , . . , ,, Q . . - 7 V Y ' v ,, - ' : i r 9 v ' 1 . 1 ! 7 7 7 1 a ' 7 Y 7 . . a . . .V . Q - ,, . ,, . . . Q , L I ' 7 1 ' . . . . I .D - . . . . - Y 1 7 7. I sg , . s . , U ' l 5' . y 9 Q - Y,

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THE RAVELIN S 1938 ward to Would you belleve lt Gordon Chaffee and Russell Proctor were really wearmg long pants' Good for them' Now we were really grown up at last We held our first class meetmg as Jumors on October 1 1936 w1th our advlsers M1ss Wmter and M1ss Kennedy We elected the followmg officers presrdent Gordon Chaffee, v1ce presx dent, R1chard Elhs, secretary Clara Snyder, and Warren Chaffee, treasurer Our Student Counc1l members were Russell Proctor, Kath ryn Lane, and R1chard E111s On October 27, we welcomed a new teacher to our schlol, namely Mr OConnor who 15 st1ll one of our favorltes On November 5 the Athletxc Assoclatlon sponsored a play F1x1ng lt for Father w1th the followmg Juniors takmg part Kathryn Lane, Warren Chaffee, and Russell Proctor You see, we also had dramatlc ab111ty m our class We may modestly state that, w1th our members to asslst, the success of th1S play was overwhelmmg Our growmg up process was further hasten ed by the most sbocklng experlence of our ten and one half years of school llfe On December 7 1936 Helen Campbell, our artlst, and the best beloved one of us all, dled For most of us, It was our first encounter w1th the sadder slde of 11fe We can not phrase our trlbute to her 1n better words than by quotmg here, the poem wrxtten by a fnend that appeared m the December 1ssue of Ravehn s 1n 1936 A g1r1 w1th pen and brush 1n hand walked slowly down the wood And stopped to draw as thmgs she knew Came 1nto slght sometlmes a face a bxt of frosted dew Or sunshme llght would speak because she understood She dxd not always walk w1th thmg she loved Sometxmes forgettmg she was Arts own chlld She ran and played w1th youth or qulckly smlled And then rememberxng back to her world she moved The road for her was not long but much she saw Each day She spoke w1th many thmg we do not know And travelled well known places where we may not go Unt11 she turned a corner from our slght and went away Alberta Carey and Margaret Carlson left our class, and two new gxrls Martha Glonet and Norma Ball, entered our classroom to replace them In January basketball season came round and Warren Ch ffee agam was the only boy from our class who had a place on the varslty team Boy' could he slnk that ball 1nto the basket' Stat1a Shlvlck, Martha Glonet and El s1e Bellows enJoyed a very successful season while playlng on the glrls ba ketball team It wasnt long before baseball season came and two of our boys Wllllam K1lbOTn and War ren Chaffee, helped the O H S baseball team to w1n a beautxful cup 1n the Western Worccs ter County Hlgn School Baseball League We are grateful to them, but th1S wasnt the only pr1ze that our class members worked for or won On May 11 Nell1e Whxte and Ehzabeth Palge each won a pr1ze rn the County Hxgh School Typewrxtxng Contest held annually at Beckers BUSIDCSS College Sta 1a Shlvlck won the Fletcher Award g1ven to her because she had the hxghest scholastxc average among the gxrls earnmg athlet1c awards We comph ment you agam Stat1a you have not only re cexved th1s award once, but for four consecu trve years On March 17 1937 we held our Junror prom Dxd we have fun makmg plans for th1s event' We decorated the hall beautrfully w1th orchld and green The Boyntonlans furnlshed music for our prom We do hope that our spec 1al guests, the semors enjoyed the dance, be cause we certa1nly dxd Whlle havmg many good txmes at O H S we dldn t reahze that vacatlon would roll around so qu1ckly, but good thmgs are soon ended and we found ourselves 1n the mldst of another vacatxon On September 6 1937 we began our last year 1n hxgh school w1th an enrollment of 33 members Jack Lebo came to us from Sprmg field Techamcal Hlgh We held our usual clas meetmg for the purpose of electxng class ofli cers, those chosen were presldent Gordon Chaffee, vxce presrdent Lyman Rosebrooks, secretary Clara Snyder and treasurer, Everett Perry Members appomted to the Student Councxl were Stat1a Shlvxck Kathryn Lane Russell Proctor and Warren Chaffee Our class adviser was Mr Sannella and our home room teacher was M1ss Wmter for M1ss Mxrxam Man n1ng had been granted a year's leave of absence to study at John Hopkms Un1vers1ty Two new 24 ' , . . - 1 D 1 l 0 I . , 1 . . . B , 1 1 U i . . . - .- . , . , . . - - . U . . . . 1 - ' ' I . . . . , N ' S . . . , , - . , . , - . . . I - . . . . 1 , . as - - 1 11 - - 1 , 1 1 . . . . . . . . . , 4. . . . ,y . . . . . . . . . . . , . U . . S . L . ' ' fa o ' 1 1 ' - . . F - 1 1 1 1 . . . , . . . . , , I . I . - . . . N . . . G '1 , . . - ' . . ., 5 . , - I . . . , . -W Y ... , 1 1 . . 3 . . . , 2 - . . , . 2 . . . 3- , . - N . . , - 1 ' 9 ' D ' ' 0 1 Y ' , 1 9 1 . 7 e s I ' . . . , 1 3 . - , l , . . . , - . . .A f ,, . . . ' - .

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THE RAVFLIN S 1938 CI ASS PROPHI CX By Joseph MHIDVIIIC From the t1me that the class selected me as prophet, up to tlce other day, Ive been 1n v quandry as to how I should proceed However my predlcament was reheved when I found an old mlrror whxle rummagmg throudx the att1C In the sp1r1t of fun I addres ed lt Knave of the M8g1C Mlrror I command you to appear' To mv astonlshment a face appeared and Sald Master, what IS your request'7 I lost no tlme 1n se1z1ng th1S opportun1ty to get materlal for the class prophecy easlly and accurately When I expressed my deslre the knave ca t a spel over me and I was glven a prevlew of what IS to happen to the members of the class of 38 before 1960 I saw myself stenolng out of a IHXI at a New York a1rport Under my arm I Caffled the manuscrlpt of an orlglnal mus1c comnosltlon of m1ne whxch was to be played for the first tlme at the Oxford Worlds Fa r of 1959 To escape any one who mlght try to steal my preclous parcel I hurrxed nervously to the YVZ11 lng room Whlle I was Slttlfld there a trlm avr hostess walked up to me and Sald Are you Ollve Wllllams I dlsmlssed my susolclons and answered Yes that IS I was but now tha' Im a concert p1HD1St I am Jose MHIHVQIIGY She laughed and sa1d that 1nce she had mar rxed she too had changed her name and was now Mrs Edward Guertm My curxoslty was mstantly aroused and m answer to my clues t1ons she told me that Ed Guertln had worked up from a pos1t1on as co D1lOt and bought the Amerlcan AITIIUGS She also told me that 1wo other of our class w re ln the employ of E P Guertln Clara Snyder who was h1s bus1 ness secretary and John Faubert her husband who was Guertln s most valuable pllot and field manager Just as I was asklng whether or not Id be abl to see them my plane was an nounced and we saxd hasty good bves When I was set led IH the plane I felt vague ly that there mlght be some one that I knew on board I looked anxlously around There w re two styllshly dressed women who seemed somew lat farmllar Afler concentratmg for a few mlnutes I declded that they must be V1r g1'1la Dav1s and Mar3or1e Barlow When I spoke to them they recognlzed me and at once we started swapplng 1nformat1on They told me that they were returnxng fro n a shop plng tour 1n New York I presumed that Max Jorle was accumulatlng a trousseau because she had on her engagement finger a r1ng whxch I had seen Jack Lebo wear I'he truth came out when I asked 1f they knew what had become of any of our other classmates V1r g1n1a Sald that Jack had developed a cham of stores and now that he was well set financlally he was marrylng MarJor1e Thereupon Mar Jorle greatly enllghtened me by aylng that Bernard Ray hac' become a prosperous Chev rolet salesman ard had taken as h1S blushxnf brxde Mary Hurd W dldnt have tlme to say any hlng more becau e the plane was actually landlng 1n Ox ford one half hour after leavlng New York V1rg1n1as husband was waxtmg W1 h h1s cal and they xnvlted me to dxnner at the1r Federal Hllls home However I had to decllne was to be guest of honor at a banquet evenlng ln the Aldorf Hystcrla Hotel 1n As I made my way to the hotel I was prlsed at the hustle and bustle of the c1ty as I that Ox sur The town had been recons ructed ln the most mod ern manner and the sldewalks were elevated A major part of each bulldlng was under ground but there was one tall bu ld1ng besxde the Cl y hall That wa the Ch ffee Buxldlng whlch wa one hundred and ten stor1es hlgh As I walked by lt a typlcal buslness man and a fascxnatxng blond woman come out dressed IH evenmg clothes When they greeted me I was convmced that I knew them They were Warren Chaffee and Malvlna R1nz1t1s I was astounded when Molly told me that she had been h1s secretary for two year b fore he had had enough courage to propo e Tms revelat1on mduced me to r1de with the'n ID the1r prlvate car although I had been walklng for my health from the eleva ed alrpcr They w re golng to the banquet so I had them come up to my ulte to walt whxle I changed mto evenmg dress When we stopped there w found that VV1l bur Rlch who owned the ho el and Florlna 23 , ' , v w 1 1 7 A 44 A x L A I 1 ' , at . y, . . A r.. I . , 1 - . . . 1 . - - . . '- . ,. . . . N . ,, , 3 1 ' o , . . ,, . , , . . KL ' 77 ' , . , ' 7 , . H , . . . , 5 A , - . . . . . S , I . '1 ' ' 1 u s 3 l . . , . . . D . , . A . . , - K S . . A . . , . ry . , i . . . , . . . Q I A a . . n , , . Q I Q . . . .4 . . . . Joe Mainville? When I recognized her to be ford Center. 1 ' v ' ,, . . . , - , . . , , , . ., , . . u S. - I . I ' . 1 . . Y 1 . . S . . W - l 3 a . . . L. . A . . D . S 1 C. 3 . , - ' . .1 . , 4 I W Q - I 1 , . . . , . . . ' ' f s e ' e , - 3 . ' ' ' . - . . .L I . , . I, . V I 3 I , L A . . t . ft 3 . , ' . e , , S . . . . - D , - 1 I v ef - L 0 A , L ly .